Australian biomedical scientist wins top UK award for ovary research
...iginal collaborators on the first paper on hormone replacement in women receiving IVF. Professor Findlay's research has had an enduring impact on the field through highly and consistently cited publications, and continuing invitations to write chapters in authoritative texts and speak at meetings of his peers. H...New analysis shows three human migrations out of Africa
...tatistically refutes strongly the 'Out of Africa' replacement theory. That theory holds that populations of Homo... thus, making love, not war. "The 'Out of Africa' replacement theory has always been a big controversy,," Templeton said. "I set up a null hypothesis and the pr...UCLA engineering and Mattel Children's Hospital collaborate to develop children's heart valve
... day, with little pain. While catheter-based valve replacement procedures already are revolutionizing valve replacement for larger patients, smaller children have not yet benefited from this technology. Although many co...Hens' teeth not so rare after all
...applications in tissue regeneration, including the replacement of lost teeth in humans. "The mutant bird has severe limb defects and dies before it can hatch," explained Professor Ferguson, who is based in the University's Faculty of Life Sciences. "It was discovered 50 years ago but no one has ever examined it...Independent panel to evaluate genistein or soy formula human development, reproduction risks
...s often administered to infants as a supplement or replacement for maternal breast milk or cow's milk. Soy pro...o achieve at least some of the benefits of hormone replacement therapy in adults, but there is growing public concern about the long-term effects of consuming soy....Genetically engineered mosquitoes show resistance to dengue fever virus
...ill be to use the FNIH grant to explore population replacement strategies using the genetically modified mosquitoes. He stressed that no genetically altered mosquitoes will be released at any time during these studies....Worm hormone discovery may aid fight against parasitic disease
...one at all. Replacing the missing hormones through replacement therapy can relieve the symptoms of the disease, much as providing the missing ligand to the worms restored their normality. "The conservation of this pathway is remarkable," said Dr. Mangelsdorf, an investigator in UT Southwestern's Howard Hughes Me...Pepper component hot enough to trigger suicide in prostate cancer cells
...any tissues that maintains a balance between newer replacement cells and aged or worn cells. In contrast, cancer cells seek to be immortal and often dodge apoptosis by mutating or deregulating the genes that participate in programmed cell death. "When we noticed that capsaicin affected NF-kappa Beta, that was an...Metabolites of pharmaceuticals identified in wastewater
...n ingredient in birth control pills and in hormone replacement therapy. In research published in January in Analytical Chemistry, the UB chemists also found that iopromide, a pharmaceutical imaging agent that patients consume before taking MRI tests, is barely degraded in the conventional activated sludge...MTBE contamination: A microbial approach for groundwater
... MTBE to gasoline since 1979 as an octane-boosting replacement for tetraethyl lead, a major contributor to toxic levels of lead in the environment. MTBE is also blended into winter fuel formulations for colder regions to make the fuel burn more cleanly. Twenty-five states have passed legislation to ban its futur...Rice bioengineers pioneer techniques for knee repair
...A breakthrough self-assembly technique for growing replacement cartilage offers the first hope of replacing the e...oengineering; almost all previous attempts to grow replacement transplant tissues involved the use of biodegradable implants that are seeded with donor cells and g...Growth hormone is made in the brain, report scientists
...s implications for menopausal women using estrogen replacement therapy and for athletes taking growth hormone and anabolic steroids to increase muscle mass. The scientists suspect that reasoning and mood may also be affected by these differences in the amount of growth hormone in the brain. "Growth hormone has ...First clinical trial of gene therapy for muscular dystrophy now under way
...cine. In the trial, six boys with DMD will receive replacement genes for an essential muscle protein. Each of the boys will receive replacement genes via injection into a bicep of one arm and a placebo in the other arm. Neither the investigator...Molecular discoveries aim at advancing early diagnosis of cancers
...ust analyze whether there is any impact of hormone replacement therapy on the gene signature. "Furthermore, we aim to determine how early in the development of cancer that this signature indicates the presence of a tumor. "The first gene signature set that was upregulated in cancer belongs to defense-related g...International scientists to present MRSA research in Liverpool
...ical wounds and burns, and also catheter and joint replacement sites. World renowned scientist, Professor Henri Verbrugh from Erasmus University in Rotterdam, will lead the conference in a discussion about how Staph aureus establishes itself in the nose. If scientists can understand how the bacterium survives t...Researchers look to the brain to explain gender differences in sleep apnea
...search shows that post-menopausal women on hormone replacement therapy suffer less from sleep apnea than post-menopausal women not on hormones, further strengthening the theory that estrogen plays a protective role. The unique theory could explain why men and post-menopausal women not on hormone therapy are much...'Prosthetic' retinal cells let blind mice see light
...he surviving retinal interneurons to function as a replacement light-sensing receptor," wrote John Flannery and Kenneth Greenberg in a preview of the paper in the same issue of Neuron. "This publication is clearly a significant first step into this new field of re-engineering retinal interneurons as genetically ...Penn professor to present research on radiation-induced cancer on 20th anniversary of Chernobyl
...uilt around the Number Four Reactor has decayed. A replacement structure is in the planning stages. This replacement will take four-five years to assemble, cost over $800 million and be the largest movable structure e...World first research to speed up cure for ear infections
...selves by examining the cells and molecules in the replacement tissue," Dr Ghassemifar said. "Through DNA or gene...HI's major tissue engineering project of growing a replacement human ear drum. "If we can understand how an ear drum heals itself we can help clinicians identify n......is without the risks associated with other hormone replacement therapies, said Mone Zaidi of Mount Sinai School of Medicine. For example, estrogen replacement therapy has been linked to an increased risk of breast cancer, especially when taken in combination ...